Question

2. State whether true or false:
(a) Jhum cultivators plough the land and sow
seeds.
(b) Cocoons were bought from the Santhals and
sold by the traders at five times the purchase
price.
(c) Birsa urged his followers to purify themselves,
give up drinking liquor and stop believing in
witchcraft and sorcery.
(d) The British wanted to preserve the tribal way
of life.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1.False -- Jhum cultivators were involved in shifting cultivation. They used to go the different lands and prepared them for cultivation. They scattered the seeds on the field instead of ploughing the land and sowing the seeds.

2. True

3. true

4. False--the British did not want to preserve the tribal way of life.